{"id":34780,"date":"2017-05-25T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bk-nets-rwf-5-6-billion-in-2017-first-quarter\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T11:21:04","slug":"bk-nets-rwf-5-6-billion-in-2017-first-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bk-nets-rwf-5-6-billion-in-2017-first-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"BK nets Rwf 5.6 billion in 2017 first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Bank of Kigali earned Rwf 5.6 billion net profit in the first quarter of 2017 a 5.8% growth of similar period last year.}<\/p>\n<p>The bank\u2019s total assets grew to Rwf 661.6 billion. <\/p>\n<p>The Chief Finance Officer at BK, Nathalie Mpaka has told the media that BK made a good progress in the past few months. <\/p>\n<p>Clients\u2019 deposits increased by 3.5% rising from Rwf 419 billion to Rwf 433.7 billion. Offered loans increased by 10.4% compared to similar period last year rising from Rwf 385.8 billion to Rwf 426.1billion. <\/p>\n<p>The CEO of BK, Dr Diane Karusisi told the media that they want to increase loans to spur development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe currently have Made in Rwanda in our country, a program aimed at promoting manufacturing and buying local products. We are analyzing such good projects to provide funding. It is something interesting for us,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be supporting Rwanda\u2019s economy while expanding our activities. We are looking for good projects in which to invest because it is important to the economy, job creation and expanding trade,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>BK recently announced 50 projects among which the most outstanding ones will receive a loan of Rwf 60 million at zero interest rate. <\/p>\n<p>By 31stMarch 2017, BK had 241,300 retail customers and 25,100 corporate customers, 1321 agents, 79 branches, 93 ATM and 1038 Point of Sales (POS).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20331 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7146-73a85.jpg\" alt=\"The Chief Finance Officer at BK, Nathalie Mpaka has told the media that BK made a good progress in the past few months. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20330 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7112-64ff0.jpg\" alt=\"The CEO of BK, Dr Diane Karusisi told the media that they want to increase loans to spur development.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20332 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7142-2-e772f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20333 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7099-3-78b78.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Bank of Kigali earned Rwf 5.6 billion net profit in the first quarter of 2017 a 5.8% growth of similar period last year.} The bank\u2019s total assets grew to Rwf 661.6 billion. The Chief Finance Officer at BK, Nathalie Mpaka has told the media that BK made a good progress in the past few months. 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